Lesson 7
Mutilated ladies
殘鈔鑒別組
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語(yǔ)
★mutilate
v. 使殘缺不全
及物動(dòng)詞－－經(jīng)常用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)
1.毀傷、殘害
He was mutilated in the accident,and now has only one leg
a mutilated note
2.把...搞砸了
You've already mutilated the novel by making such changes.
dad president: 美元
mutilation n.
★chew
v. 咀嚼
a lot of people love chewing gums.
Don't bite off more than one can chew.
chew the fat: 聊天
chewed up: 著急的、擔(dān)心的
Don't get worried about your examination.
Don't get chewed up about your examination.
★microwave
n. 微波，微波爐
microswitch
microfilm
microscope
microsecond
microphone
microbiology
macro 大的
★oven
n. 爐灶
★safekeeping
n. 妥善保管
keep something safe
Please keep your ID card safe.
do evil: 干壞事
evil doing
make trouble--trouble making
Newcastle
n. ★紐卡斯?fàn)枺ㄓ?guó)港市）
★identify
v. 鑒定，識(shí)別
identity of somebody or something
He can't identify the person
identity
So far the archeologists have been unable to discover her identity.
identification 確認(rèn)，
★spokeswoman
n. 女發(fā)言人
Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Why did Jane cook John's wallet? Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn't despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money! A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had very good day and put his wallet containing $3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilate Ladies! They examined the remain and John got all his money back. 'So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,' said a spokeswoman for the Bank. 'Last year, we paid $1.5m on 21,000 claims. Damaged bank notes. The Queen's head appears on English bank notes, and 'lady' refers to this.
參考譯文 這種事情在你身上出現(xiàn)過(guò)嗎？你有沒(méi)有把褲子塞洗衣機(jī)，然后又想在褲子的后兜有一張大面值的紙幣？當(dāng)你把褲子搶救出來(lái)時(shí)，你有沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)那張紙幣已經(jīng)變得比白紙還白？當(dāng)英國(guó)人犯這種錯(cuò)誤時(shí)，他們不必感到絕望（而許多國(guó)家的人都有這種絕望的感覺(jué)）。對(duì)英國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，值得慶幸的是英國(guó)銀行有一個(gè)殘鈔鑒別組，負(fù)責(zé)理那些把錢塞進(jìn)機(jī)器或塞給狗的人提出的索賠要求。看起來(lái)，狗很喜歡咀嚼錢幣。 近的一個(gè)案例與簡(jiǎn).巴特林有關(guān)，她的未婚夫約翰擁有一家生意興隆家具店。有一天約翰的生意很好，他把一只裝有3,000 英鎊的錢包放進(jìn)微波爐內(nèi)保存。然后，他和簡(jiǎn)一起去騎馬。回家后，簡(jiǎn)用微波爐煮了晚飯，無(wú)意中之中把她未婚夫的錢包也一起煮了。可以想像他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一只煮得很好看的錢包，鈔票已化成灰時(shí)的沮喪心情。約翰去找銀行經(jīng)理，經(jīng)理把約翰的錢包和紙幣的殘留物送到英國(guó)銀行在紐卡斯?fàn)柕囊粋€(gè)專門部門——?dú)堚n鑒別組。他們鑒定了這些殘留物。約翰拿回了他損失的全部數(shù)額?！爸灰袞|西可供識(shí)別，我們會(huì)把錢還給人家的，”銀行的一位女發(fā)言人說(shuō)。“去年，我們對(duì)21，000 起索賠要求支付了150萬(wàn)英鎊。” 【課文講解】 斷首或斷尾運(yùn)用疑問(wèn)句提出問(wèn)題 斷首——主要引起讀者的興趣和注意力 斷尾——進(jìn)一步鞏固、加深與本段所涉及的內(nèi)容、進(jìn)一步引起讀者的沉思 rescued: 救援，援助 Hundreds of people went ot rescue the plane crash. 大詞小用所起的目的——加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣 whiter than white——damaged,mutilated make mistakes like this Fortunately for them happily for them team: 組織 make a claim feed something to it seems 第二段充分的說(shuō)明了約翰是怎么樣把錢從銀行里拿回來(lái) concern: 涉及到——is about run a factory,run a company I have a very good day. I have a good time to keep it safe put his wallet which contained... go horse-riding go fishing go hunting go shopping dismay: 沮喪 beautifully-cooked wallet: 用一種諷刺的口吻 turn to turned into become who--bank mangager so long as: on condition that 表假設(shè)，只要 pay for: 為...付款 We paid 80 dollars for the dictionary. on pay off The couple have already paid their debts off pay back 1.把錢歸還回去 pay money back 2.報(bào)復(fù)、報(bào)仇 pay somebody back 【Special difficulties】 如何運(yùn)用后綴 less表示否定概念 care---careless ful 表示有，充滿了 hopeful---careful ly: 形容詞＋ly＝副詞，名詞＋ly＝形容詞 daily ic pic: energetic ish: childish,womanish Exercise 1.painless 2.beautiful 3.daily 4.childish ---ish的形容詞是貶義色彩 5.athletic 強(qiáng)壯的，強(qiáng)健的 【Multiple choice questions】 1.B正確 2.D正確 identify---identifiable return--returnable eat-eatable 3.B正確 unless: if not Structure 4.A正確 any large bank notes 5.C正確 真實(shí)的條件句 6.B正確 一般來(lái)說(shuō)，如果表示某人的，就用 ' 如果采用介詞of表示所屬關(guān)系，被修飾名詞前要出現(xiàn)定冠詞 7.C正確 簡(jiǎn)單句，選用一般過(guò)去式 8.A正確 to keep it safe Vocabulary 9. in charge of: 負(fù)責(zé) in the charge of: 由某人了負(fù)責(zé) 10.turn to ash D正確 11.sent B正確 dispatch: 送，送達(dá) deliver convey: 運(yùn)輸、傳達(dá) fetch: 去取回來(lái) 12.B正確 provided providing Provided that you reduce the price ,I'll take all the goods. supposed 表假設(shè)：suppose supposing
Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Why did Jane cook John's wallet? Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn't despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money! A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had very good day and put his wallet containing $3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilate Ladies! They examined the remain and John got all his money back. 'So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,' said a spokeswoman for the Bank. 'Last year, we paid $1.5m on 21,000 claims. Damaged bank notes. The Queen's head appears on English bank notes, and 'lady' refers to this.
參考譯文 這種事情在你身上出現(xiàn)過(guò)嗎？你有沒(méi)有把褲子塞洗衣機(jī)，然后又想在褲子的后兜有一張大面值的紙幣？當(dāng)你把褲子搶救出來(lái)時(shí)，你有沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)那張紙幣已經(jīng)變得比白紙還白？當(dāng)英國(guó)人犯這種錯(cuò)誤時(shí)，他們不必感到絕望（而許多國(guó)家的人都有這種絕望的感覺(jué)）。對(duì)英國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，值得慶幸的是英國(guó)銀行有一個(gè)殘鈔鑒別組，負(fù)責(zé)理那些把錢塞進(jìn)機(jī)器或塞給狗的人提出的索賠要求。看起來(lái)，狗很喜歡咀嚼錢幣。 近的一個(gè)案例與簡(jiǎn).巴特林有關(guān)，她的未婚夫約翰擁有一家生意興隆家具店。有一天約翰的生意很好，他把一只裝有3,000 英鎊的錢包放進(jìn)微波爐內(nèi)保存。然后，他和簡(jiǎn)一起去騎馬。回家后，簡(jiǎn)用微波爐煮了晚飯，無(wú)意中之中把她未婚夫的錢包也一起煮了。可以想像他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一只煮得很好看的錢包，鈔票已化成灰時(shí)的沮喪心情。約翰去找銀行經(jīng)理，經(jīng)理把約翰的錢包和紙幣的殘留物送到英國(guó)銀行在紐卡斯?fàn)柕囊粋€(gè)專門部門——?dú)堚n鑒別組。他們鑒定了這些殘留物。約翰拿回了他損失的全部數(shù)額?！爸灰袞|西可供識(shí)別，我們會(huì)把錢還給人家的，”銀行的一位女發(fā)言人說(shuō)。“去年，我們對(duì)21，000 起索賠要求支付了150萬(wàn)英鎊。” 【課文講解】 斷首或斷尾運(yùn)用疑問(wèn)句提出問(wèn)題 斷首——主要引起讀者的興趣和注意力 斷尾——進(jìn)一步鞏固、加深與本段所涉及的內(nèi)容、進(jìn)一步引起讀者的沉思 rescued: 救援，援助 Hundreds of people went ot rescue the plane crash. 大詞小用所起的目的——加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣 whiter than white——damaged,mutilated make mistakes like this Fortunately for them happily for them team: 組織 make a claim feed something to it seems 第二段充分的說(shuō)明了約翰是怎么樣把錢從銀行里拿回來(lái) concern: 涉及到——is about run a factory,run a company I have a very good day. I have a good time to keep it safe put his wallet which contained... go horse-riding go fishing go hunting go shopping dismay: 沮喪 beautifully-cooked wallet: 用一種諷刺的口吻 turn to turned into become who--bank mangager so long as: on condition that 表假設(shè)，只要 pay for: 為...付款 We paid 80 dollars for the dictionary. on pay off The couple have already paid their debts off pay back 1.把錢歸還回去 pay money back 2.報(bào)復(fù)、報(bào)仇 pay somebody back 【Special difficulties】 如何運(yùn)用后綴 less表示否定概念 care---careless ful 表示有，充滿了 hopeful---careful ly: 形容詞＋ly＝副詞，名詞＋ly＝形容詞 daily ic pic: energetic ish: childish,womanish Exercise 1.painless 2.beautiful 3.daily 4.childish ---ish的形容詞是貶義色彩 5.athletic 強(qiáng)壯的，強(qiáng)健的 【Multiple choice questions】 1.B正確 2.D正確 identify---identifiable return--returnable eat-eatable 3.B正確 unless: if not Structure 4.A正確 any large bank notes 5.C正確 真實(shí)的條件句 6.B正確 一般來(lái)說(shuō)，如果表示某人的，就用 ' 如果采用介詞of表示所屬關(guān)系，被修飾名詞前要出現(xiàn)定冠詞 7.C正確 簡(jiǎn)單句，選用一般過(guò)去式 8.A正確 to keep it safe Vocabulary 9. in charge of: 負(fù)責(zé) in the charge of: 由某人了負(fù)責(zé) 10.turn to ash D正確 11.sent B正確 dispatch: 送，送達(dá) deliver convey: 運(yùn)輸、傳達(dá) fetch: 去取回來(lái) 12.B正確 provided providing Provided that you reduce the price ,I'll take all the goods. supposed 表假設(shè)：suppose supposing